Chạm - Tenderness

One potential myth we would like to expel is that, to be tender is to be physically weak. We would argue that you have strength, conviction and wholeness of self and that these make the decision to be gentle, smooth and attentive much greater.

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So, in the spirit of describing different kinds of touch, each with its own meaning,

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We're going to do tenderness. We - they are going to do tenderness. So, go for it.

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Now, some comments. One thing that Malakai is wonderful at doing is enveloping her with his mind.

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And so, you see, that it's not just the body. But you see the consciousness helping in the holding.

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You'll notice that, in the embrace, it really is more of a... Of a circularness, of an encompassing.

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In the hands, in every point of contact, there's a there-ness. And then, it goes in a little more. It's, sort of, supportive and holding.

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If the hands are moving, they move at a different speed than they did for the sexuality.

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See how subtle that is?

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And so, part of it is because... Is that we take, we use increased listening, the next chapter,